Visual

topic posted Wed, June 11, 2008 - 10:54 PM by  +Pandora+
Alright so I have this problem, I am a visual person. I have a hard time learning the choreography and the moves listening on how to do it. I dont know why...people find it easy that way but it just makes it harder...now if i see my lovely teacher and make an eye contact with her i can do exactly what she does and better. I just cant think when I dance i have to feel it. Does anyone have the same problem? Or something Similar? I know there are people who have a better time hearing or feeling. Is there a way to better this?
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+Pandora+
Orlando
  • Re: Visual

    Wed, June 11, 2008 - 11:52 PM
    More practice :)

    Really. I am MUCH better at choreography now than I was 5 years ago.
    • Re: Visual

      Thu, June 12, 2008 - 7:59 AM
      I second the more practice idea. When learning coreo I break it down and drill sections, it gets the moves into you muscle memory so you don't need to think/see/hear anything but the music and the audience. It helps when you have to preform and be all emotionally involved. Drilling also makes transitions nicer and neater.

      I had one teacher that would make us do just the foot work a million times, then add the hips and do just footwork and hips, then add upper body and finally arms. I like that order because if I forget something its going to be the arms and arm movements come pretty natural to me so its easy to fake, at least easier than grapevines, spins and ball changes
      • Re: Visual

        Thu, June 12, 2008 - 9:01 PM
        Actually, I meant one should practice more the act of learning choreographies -- not just that given choreography. So do all of what Alecia said -- more! More experience with learning new choreographies helps learning choreographies in the future.
  • Re: Visual

    Thu, June 12, 2008 - 6:35 PM
    i've also read that drilling the transitions helps.
    • Re: Visual

      Sun, June 15, 2008 - 12:07 PM
      Also talking to yourself (silently!) while you are performing the moves can help greatly. In a former life, when I still did ballet, we were required to know every movement by its name. As you progress through to more advanced classes, the instructors demonstrated less and less, eventually only telling you the string of movements that would make up the combo. If your instructor doesn't give everything a name, make one for yourself and repeat it in your head every time you do the movement. Then the name also becomes part of your "muscle memory".
  • Re: Visual

    Thu, June 19, 2008 - 8:37 PM
    We all have different ways of learning...some are visual learners...some are more 'gotta practice, like mad'...it's just in your specific mental type...

    The fact that you are a visual learner is not a problem...it's an asset...some people have to be walked thru every single step of a process to be able to learn...but the fact that you can 'see' it and be able to do it is great. Just watch...and learn. I have to have a little bit of both, so I envy you...my body just doesn't seem to want to do it, automatically. It has to process, both physically and mentally.

    A really good teacher would benefit you, greatly. Just go with the flow...you'll be just fine.

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